U.S. and Canada

Activists tell Pa. Gov. Corbett: ’Corporate welfare, NO! Human welfare, YES!’Activists tell Pa. Gov. Corbett: ’Corporate welfare, NO! Human welfare, YES!’

Activists tell Pa. Gov. Corbett: ’Corporate welfare, NO! Human welfare, YES!’

“Gov. [Tom] Corbett, blood is on your hands,” charged Jeffrey Jordan, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church, on Sept. 13.…

September 22, 2012

On the picket line

Warehouse workers on strike in Calif., Ill. Workers at warehouses in major Walmart distribution centers in California and Illinois have…

September 22, 2012

Benefit held for anti-racist Tinley Park 5

A fundraising benefit was held Sept. 14 at the Turnerdome in north Philadelphia for the Tinley Park 5, anti-racist activists…

September 20, 2012

Leslie Feinberg files for speedy jury trial

Minneapolis — Transgender lesbian activist Leslie Feinberg appeared in court in Minneapolis on Sept. 13 to face a charge of…

September 20, 2012
Unity in struggleUnity in struggle

Unity in struggle

Minneapolis — Leslie Feinberg, center, with activists who drove from Anoka, Minn., on Sept. 13 to demonstrate their ongoing solidarity…

September 20, 2012
Minneapolis activists demonstrate: ‘You can fight City Hall!’Minneapolis activists demonstrate: ‘You can fight City Hall!’

Minneapolis activists demonstrate: ‘You can fight City Hall!’

Minneapolis — Activists rallied against state repression at a lunchtime protest at Minneapolis City Hall on Sept. 13. Demonstrators gathered…

September 20, 2012
Solitary confinement protested in PhiladelphiaSolitary confinement protested in Philadelphia

Solitary confinement protested in Philadelphia

A Sept. 17 Philadelphia protest to abolish solitary confinement in Pennsylvania drew more than 100 people, who listened to former…

September 20, 2012
Rally of 3,000 in NYC: Stop incarcerations & tortureRally of 3,000 in NYC: Stop incarcerations & torture

Rally of 3,000 in NYC: Stop incarcerations & torture

The historic Riverside Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side was filled Sept. 14 with 3,000 people — many of them…

September 20, 2012
Chicago & Philadelphia teachers — same struggle, same fightChicago & Philadelphia teachers — same struggle, same fight

Chicago & Philadelphia teachers — same struggle, same fight

The message “Chicago & Philadelphia teachers – same struggle, same fight” was featured on one of the signs being waved…

September 19, 2012

Palermo Workers Union in solidarity with Chicago teachers

The following press statement was released on Sept. 11 by Wisconsin-based Voces de la Frontera. At a Sept. 15 mass…

September 19, 2012